2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 2
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in front of him and studied them intently. Eventually he folded."How were my nines?" he asked Liu as he was raking in the pot. "You had nines?" asked Liu. He did. "You had nines?" chimed in Ami Barer. "I would have snap-called that so fast."
, a nicely matching hand for the
board. His opponent was disgusted to see Luske's hand, as he turned over a set of his own --
. Luske stood up and gave a short fist pump with the river
. He eliminated his opponent and, after starting the day with just 13,500 chip, climbed up to roughly 150,000 chips. He's sparring with Leo Fernandez for "Climber of the Day" award.
Mattern:
Hlobil:
Board:
As he was leaving, Mattern paid off his masseuse with a €50 note. He stood there for a moment. "Oh, did you want change?" said the surprised lady. "Well, I did," said Mattern. He let her keep it.
Hlobil, incidentally, up to 67,000.
, in bad shape against Kibler's
. No shock on the board which could only manage rags and one spade, and Kibler's up to 70k.
board and the gent on the hijack who had checked to him spent some time thinking about it -- before calling the clock on himself. Merriment all round the table. It still took him until around the 15 second mark to fold. Gould seemed extremely pleased with the result.
against Sorel Mizzi's
, but the
board didn't go his way and he is no more for this tournament.
Minieri:

Lee:

A safe but not great flop of
turned into disaster for Minieri on the turn when the
hit. He couldn't salvage the pot; the river
gave Lee the victory. Minieri grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair and raced out the door.
Entrants -- 935 (Previously 842 in 2008)
Total prizepool -- €9,350,000 (Previously €8,420,000 in 2008)
First place prize money -- €2,300,000 (Previously €2,020,000, won by Glen Chorny in 2008)
For complete prizepool and payout information, click here.